https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=19485 The Budget 2018-19 advances sectoral reforms and funding to strengthen agriculture and rural markets (MSP at one-and-a-half times cost for kharif crops; e NAM expansion; GrAMs; Agri Market Infrastructure Fund; FAIDF and AHIDF), launches major health initiatives under Ayushman Bharat (Health and Wellness Centres and a National Health Protection Scheme with comprehensive secondary/tertiary coverage), and implements fiscal and tax measures including acceptance of debt and fiscal rules, extension of a reduced corporate tax slab to more companies, standard deduction for salaried taxpayers, restrictions on cash payments by trusts, nationwide e assessment, and taxation of long term capital gains from listed equities with grandfathering and a new 10% rate. en-us Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:19:40 +0530 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:57:39 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=19485 The Budget 2018-19 advances sectoral reforms and funding to strengthen agriculture and rural markets (MSP at one-and-a-half times cost for kharif crops; e NAM expansion; GrAMs; Agri Market Infrastructure Fund; FAIDF and AHIDF), launches major health initiatives under Ayushman Bharat (Health and Wellness Centres and a National Health Protection Scheme with comprehensive secondary/tertiary coverage), and implements fiscal and tax measures including acceptance of debt and fiscal rules, extension of a reduced corporate tax slab to more companies, standard deduction for salaried taxpayers, restrictions on cash payments by trusts, nationwide e assessment, and taxation of long term capital gains from listed equities with grandfathering and a new 10% rate. News - Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:19:40 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=19485